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What does it mean?
The speaker challenges the value of memory by suggesting most people imagine what they claim to remember.
In plain terms
People usually imagine what they say they remember.
What can you take from it?
Question the accuracy of your memories.

Where it applies

  • legal testimony
  • history

Putting it to work

  • fact checking
  • journaling

Questions to consider

  • How much of your past is fact?

Another view

Memory is still useful even if imperfect.

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